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Ronnie Peterson was a March Formula 1 driver in 1971 and 1972. For the next three seasons he drove for the JPS Lotus team alongside Emerson Fittipaldi and Jacky Ickx.

Ronnie Peterson drove for March, Tyrrell and Lotus during his final three Formula 1 seasons. He died in 1978 after a crash during the Italian GP at Monza.

Ronnie Peterson's early racing career was undertaken in home-made machinery, but his talent ensured he made it all the way to Formula 1 with March, Lotus and Tyrrell.

Mario Andretti won the F1 World Championship at Monza, but it came at a terrible cost. His team-mate Ronnie Peterson crashed at the same event and subsequently died.

Rindt wins posthumously, Stewart retires, Lauda survives, Williams victorious at last and Villeneuve makes his mark.

In the sixties Graham Hill became the first five-time winner of the race.

Ronnie Peterson just failed to win his home Grand Prix. The six-wheeled Tyrrell and Brabham fan-car both won at Anderstorp.

Emerson Fittipaldi took a firm hold on the 1972 F1 title chase as his main rival, Jackie Stewart, battled illness. At the Nurburgring, Jacky Ickx starred for Ferrari.

Jackie Stewart scored victories in the 1973 Belgian and Monaco Grands Prix. Ronnie Peterson was deprived a win on the last lap at Anderstorp but won in France.

The 1974 Formula One title battle developed into a fight between Niki Lauda, Clay Regazzoni, Emerson Fittipaldi and Jody scheckter.

Jackie Stewart secured the 1973 F1 World Championship at Monza but, at Watkins Glen, he lost his Tyrrell team-mate François Cevert in a qualifying accident.

The 1970 F1 season saw an exciting new team enter Grand Prix racing. Future stars Ronnie Peterson, Francois Cevert and Emerson Fittipaldi all made their debut.

Tyrrell started the 1971 F1 season with a car of their own construction and 1969 champion Jackie stewart driving. He dominated the year to take his second F1 title.

Two extraordinary F1 cars emerged during the 1978 Grand Prix season. The Lotus 79 and the Brabham fan-car. The Brabham only raced once before it was banned.

Formula 2 was once the breeding ground for the next generation of Grand Prix stars. The series will be making a comeback during the 2009 motor racing season.

Zeltweg held just one Formula 1 World Championship GP before the race moved to a purpose built circuit.

Mark Donohue lost his life and Vittorio Brambilla crashed after winning the race.

Jody Scheckter triggerd a mass pile-up in 1973 while Peter Revson scored his maiden Formula 1 victory.

After staying loyal to Saab for many year Stig Blomqvist moved to Audi and duly won the World Rally Championship, driving a Group B Quattro.

Lotus and Tyrrell both pushed the boundaries of Formula 1 design in the 1970s. Gas turbines and six wheels were both seen in Grand Prix racing.

Jackie Stewart was the driver to beat in 1971. By the time he'd won the German GP he was on the verge of claiming his second Formula 1 World Championship.

The 1973 Formula 1 World Championship developed into a battle between Emerson Fittipaldi's JPS Lotus and Jackie Stewart's Tyrrell.

Emerson Fittipaldi injured himself at Zandvoort, handing the advantage to Jackie Stewart in the chase for the F1 title. Roger Williamson was killed in the same race.

In the summer of 1974 Ronnie Peterson, Jody Scheckter, Clay Regazzoni and Carlos Reutemann all tasted victory in Formula One Grands Prix.

The 1974 Formula 1 season was decided in the last race, with Emerson Fittipaldi and McLaren claiming the World Championship.

Niki Lauda scored the maiden win for the Ferrari 312T in the 1975 Monaco GP. It was the first of several F1 victories for the Austrian and Ferrari.

The 1976 F1 season was arguably the most exciting in history. Niki Lauda and James Hunt fought for the title in a year filled with controversy and intense racing.

Niki Lauda and his Ferrari 312 T2 seemed unstoppable, until the Formula 1 title race reached Germany. Lauda crashed and suffered life threatening injuries.

Unless they broke down, Andretti and Peterson seemed unstoppable in their Lotus 79s. Reutemann managed to win at Brands Hatch but the JPS cars were soon back on top.

The 1978 F1 season was dominated by Lotus and their ground-effect cars. Brabham produced the BT46 fan-car but it was banned. Mario Andretti became World Champion.

With only seven points between the first three in the title chase there is everything to fight for in Monaco. McLaren ran way with the race last year.

Gilles Villeneuve provided one of F1's most memorable moments at Zandvoort.

Jackie Stewart won the F1 World Championship at the Austrian Grand Prix. Jo Siffert died at a non-championship F1 race at Brands Hatch.

The Formula One title battle went down to the wire at the US Grand Prix, where Ferrari and Tyrrell both faltered, leaving the way clear for McLaren's Emerson Fittipaldi.

Niki Lauda made a miraculous recovery from his Nurburgring crash to return to an F1 car at Monza, but it was James Hunt who took the title.

James Hunt was Britain's last F1 World Champion before Nigel Mansell repeated the feat 16 years later. After retiring he commentated for the BBC along with Murray Walker.

Jo Siffert was one of the most experienced drivers in F1 by 1971, when a mechanical failure cost him his life at Brands Hatch.